A hairdresser deliberately tried to infect his lovers with HIV after meeting them on Grindr, a court has heard.
Daryll Rowe, 26, is accused of insisting on unprotected sex with his partners, claiming to be free of the virus, or of tampering with the condom when they insisted he used them.
He later sent them mocking text messages telling them he was HIV positive and that they could be at risk, Lewes Crown Court heard.
One received a text saying: “Maybe you have the fever. I have HIV LOL. Oops!”
Rowe, who is originally from Edinburgh, is charged with infecting four men with the virus and of... read more

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